Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-11-06
|STORI OF THE WRECK,
The Crew e. ths Kll-Faae6
vessel ara Ressaea.
n. Captain lsssrvswsa ss Pua
Tawnssaa = TAs vsssl . TssI
Lsn-OsAs. ssssl.I E.lsz..n.

/ HuNx 1oWMkMMp, NoR. g. (sranial. )--
| 4oe bklIzsa iFun sAip, Daoness of A.
ayle. lfo9 tane re1islaF. vent ashose a
6s0k 3. m. on ThErsdAy. h daass 100.
Iha nega was Feceis1d three koara nf,rr
/ At The RuaI- branch AZ.
/ Gee n this eitg, fran Neah BaY, aaf s
( representative o. this iournal usa ern8
! 20 tha 9oene e the dlEaSfEr. fmmea,ale-
! 81. o. Tia t1a Ptoaeef q nblain full
/ particulars Ihtok fons with liaha east
sEly winds followed the pionssl "a ~
w4g down. Ehe pianeeE arrived a
Pert HAn Juzn, % the o0sel 81 Van.
eoupeE Izland. WheEe lha upsok uan re-
p0Fted, nt oaeloek yoEtsraag afteEnonn.
Nelhfnz wAs then 4 s,RAl exeepi ca In
dian 1a1oouHx. ia San dnan HaxhnF.
heatinQ tn. The Rionfar changed her
1nufee and Gpoke the British foaF. raaal.
"a iron chip, Earl ef DAlhausie. Who re-
PoTted Ne Dueheel of AFRYis q total
loss and che crew rescued b. tie shin
Indiana. aoiaa up IN tow o. Tie tua
Blakeiy.
nm nzxw AnnExs AZ xoWzaup.
AZ o'Sloek yesterday maznlna aha
bark Colusa vas picked % b tho Rio-
neeg and loued 70 ihll port. AZ II
0'eloek this foFenoon t1e Blakely same
10 wilh The Indiana n TOW. The Fogr-
INTxxEH0zRcMR man boarded tha ahfpI
oH Point Wilson and souRht out Capf.
ain d. Herd, of The Dueness of Argyle
~ on1s for sha full paFticnlars ce the
disaster. Win NE assistance Of tie
lee book ths following foil acoonnl of
sbe voy eRe u1a aivens
Left San Francisco on Thursday,
0osobeE 18th, bound to Barnard Inlel %
load z cargo Of lumber for Melboasne.
Tha liEBt tive weeks Of the voyage we're
notable for tbe liahl northwest winds.
which on the 18th Of last month changed
70 a gale, hal the Storm moderated on
OsiobeE 16th. The fresh breeze hauled
inlo southeast ana al o'clock thaa
morning sighted oApe Riattegy, lands
bearing north b. northeast, 4 dis
lanes Of twenty-five miles. TIE next
day tHafurdayl af q. q. q steam tue
came alongslde. The ship Goa the
hswssk lowered up topsall down ana
clewed fore topaaila up and olewinR
the main and miRzon sails when the
tuR siRnAled the ahip 10 clip the Tope e.
the heavy seas we're rolling whlah made
the ship unmsnageabie for tho steamer.
This was fourteen miles outside Of the
oaps and the dense FOG would raise ai
Intervals when the hearings would be
taken.
HnAvx aALn.
Atl2 o'clock that nIaht Z hsavy aals
came on from The eastward and The
weather cleared. The ship dropped
Flattery hRht, fearing east By south.
The blow lasted foR q few hours anlg.
On November let, ct Z o'clock Ia ihe
afternoon, The fcg Which bad enReioped
the waters lifted and Gaps Fiattery
bore Sc by s u. distaBce throe milea.
From this time till dayllaht Of last
Thursday fhe weather vas 90 thick that
neitheE British o. American shore vas
disliuauiahahle.
AZ e:1B q. 70. Thursday, uhlle The go
ond ofiicex WA on deck and scarcely a
cables lenath could BE- seen from The
ship and quieiueaa feianed over the
deep, ths dreadful and thrilllna eeund
OF the breakers ahead broke upon Ne
ears Of the Ehip'a company.
"Put the hoIm down. Waa the hrss
cammand tha1 emauAlod from the mas
Ter. The ship would not steer, and
oouEiDued piunaina ahead on the heavy
aweils THAI carried Der 10 destruction.
Not breath Of air vas stirring, ncth-
Ing bnt The fearful roar OF ihe seas
breaking on thaa roek. bound shore
which envelopes tho NaneouVoE coast
could be keaFd.
"Pul the helm upl" came The next
command, with q faint hops THAI lhla
might be The means Of saving the III
fatsd vessel. An instant later tha bow
Of the Ducheas Of Argyle struck q rock. |
She glanced gideWaFs The yards Wers
backed end The ship came Of. last as
hops began 70 peneirate ths boaums % |
The crew another suoll, larger than any /
nf the rsnt, threw the ship with . fearful |
shoos. Her bJoadside began 10 pound |
and beat On To huee rocks. kt was /
utfer folly 70 remain on board. No ship /
that ever rods the ocean could live for |
en- hour IN that place.
RArEpLx EEEED.
The vessels bottom vas soon stove
IN. The wafer rapidly flied TIE hold up
10 bsfueen dEeks, aud TIE crew Left the i
ship in their boats The master vas /
- - An-.mma "a L -.